Something rotten in the state of Newmarket
My taxes have gone up again this year. Which isn’t too surprising there are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. Property taxes 2.34% increase Hydro …
Category: Life
Anything that is to do with my life that doesn’t fall into work or play
Some old photos
I came across some old photos while looking for something on my computer. Zuimei and I in Xian, Zuimei in Shanghai, Me (25 years old) in Dort Kalesei in Turkey, My friend Neil and I standing in the Mediterranean, Me with hemp growing in Pakistan, and me playing a very serious …
A year in review
Every December I like to take stock of the year that just passed. Normally I would read through my blog posts and remind myself of what I had done but this year there were not a lot of posts. I am not entirely sure why though. Perhaps I was busy, I …
Peter Clapham Sheppard
I recently picked up two paintings at an online auction. Peter Clapham Sheppard was born in Toronto on October 21, 1881. He apprenticed at engraving houses such as at Rolph, Clark, Stone Ltd. in Toronto, where he became a highly skilled lithographer. He received his art training at the …
The Butcher is Back Baby!
Marlon’s Meat is back as Camden Market! I just got a comment on an old post warning me that the Butchers is back as Camden Market at 2500 Yonge Street. For those of you who are not familiar with the butchers incident it was quite the saga and a lot …
Movie List Continued
3) Drowning by numbers Directed by Peter Greenaway I think this film holds a special place in my heart because it was the first Greenaway film I had seen. It was not surprising to me to learn that he that he studied as a painter before becoming a director. If …
Movember love
I participated in Movember this past year like always but given the state of my prostate, and the fact it hates me, Movember took on a whole new meaning. Anyway when the survey about Movember came out I wanted to voice my opinion regarding the gifts or milestone prizes for …
Second biopsy
So I had my second biopsy this week. Just like last time I took an Ativan and got a local anesthetic. It hurt more than I remembered but less than I have read some guys experience it. This time however I took the day off. It made it better not to …